Consequences of Insecurity on Educational System in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Abstract: This paper studied the consequences of insecurity on educational system in kaduna state. The state which is one of the northwestern state has 23 local government areas with over 6 million people population. Descriptive design was adopted and data was collected by interview across the 23 local government areas. The population of the study comprised of traditional leaders, community leaders, teachers and students from each of the local government area visited. The respondents were chosen at random and were allowed to freely expressed their views based on the interview on the structured questions. The findings showed there was significant enrollment of students in schools across kaduna state in 2015, 2016 and 2017, the students’ enrollment dropped significantly in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and; in 2022 and 2023, there was slight increase in students’ enrollment in schools. A careful finding showed that some of these insecurities are politically motivated as once elections are close, the frequency of violent attacks and kidnapping were always being reduced. The researchers therefore, recommend that Government should carryout policies that have direct impacts on her subjects, the security must undergo some reforms with the view to fitting and matching the contemporary challenges, there should be some reforms that will include ethics and integrity, both internal and external organizations are advised to support children education in Kaduna state through funding. This may include building security bases, fencing and provisions of scholarships.

Keywords: Consequences, Insecurity, Education